New Yorkers pay a lot for EVERYTHING - housing, food, clothing, entertainment, you name it. Transportation is getting more expensive - those lovely people at the M.T.A. just announced another fair increase (!). We even pay a lot for things that should be free, like water - oh no, can't drink it from the tap, it must be bottled - or cheap, like coffee - as Denis Leary said, you use to pay 50 cents for a cup and it was bottomless; now it's $3 a cup and mostly milk. Naturally getting a reasonably priced haircut in this town ain't easy. You must hunt in the forest.
So Mr NYC is here save you the hunt - and some dough. If you want a cheap, no-frills shear, go to Astor Place Hair at 2 Astor Place in the East Village. It's easy to find with the big great big sign out front and you just go down the stairs into a 9,000 square foot basement. There's barely any wait to get into a chair since there are seem to literally be dozens of them. A good basic haircut will set you back about $14, which is a real deal in this town nowadays. A low-rent, no-frills place, like the New York barber shops of old. They don't have a website and they don't take appointments. It's strictly first come, first served.
Astor Place Hair is an NYC institution. It's been around and owned by the Vezza family since 1940. And it's nice to know that places like this still exist here. But don't take my word for it, see what other folks have to say:
Astor Place Hair on CitySearch
Rickomatic.com
New York Magazine Review
So Mr NYC is here save you the hunt - and some dough. If you want a cheap, no-frills shear, go to Astor Place Hair at 2 Astor Place in the East Village. It's easy to find with the big great big sign out front and you just go down the stairs into a 9,000 square foot basement. There's barely any wait to get into a chair since there are seem to literally be dozens of them. A good basic haircut will set you back about $14, which is a real deal in this town nowadays. A low-rent, no-frills place, like the New York barber shops of old. They don't have a website and they don't take appointments. It's strictly first come, first served.
Astor Place Hair is an NYC institution. It's been around and owned by the Vezza family since 1940. And it's nice to know that places like this still exist here. But don't take my word for it, see what other folks have to say:
Astor Place Hair on CitySearch
Rickomatic.com
New York Magazine Review
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